stranglehold English

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stranglehold Noun

— A stranglehold is a control so that it will cut off. He enjoyed a stranglehold on the rest of the workers.

stranglehold

— noun (= chokehold) complete power over a person or situation corporations have a stranglehold on the media the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public

— noun a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

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throttlehold

chokehold

sturdiness

solidness

presidio

fixity

firmness

choke hold

bastille

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Control

• What words refer to controlling someone or something?
  control be in control manipulate pull strings call the shots be in the driver's seat steer regulate govern dominate monopolize have a monopoly have a stranglehold have a hold over wrap someone around your finger hold sway be the boss be domineering oppress keep someone down repress walk all over